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Elections 2023: NIDCOM Cautions Diasporans Against Violating Campaign Funding Laws

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has advised Nigerians living abroad to be careful not to violate laws relating to campaign funding ahead of the 2023 general elections. Chairman of NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made the call at the 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Americas (NIDOA) held at the Nigeria Consulate in New York on Saturday …

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Nig Govt Pays Foreign Firm $496m For Contract Violation

Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has disclosed that the Federal Government has settled a long-standing $5.26bn contractual dispute with a foreign investor group in the steel sector for $496m. A statement on Sunday by the Special Assistant, Media and Public Relations, Office of the AGF, Dr Umar Gwandu, said the mediation proceedings were under the Alternative Dispute …

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Jigawa Man Drowns Rescuing Cow, Animal Survives

An 18-year-old man, Adamu Musa of Unguwar Magina, Buji town, in Buji Local Government Area, Jigawa State, has lost his life in a pond while trying to rescue his Cow that slipped and fell into the pond while grazing around the area. The Jigawa State Command’s Public Relations Officer, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, CSC Adamu Shehu, made this …

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It’s Shameful Nigeria Still Imports Fuel – Obaseki

…Dangote assures refinery to be ready next year Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has decried Nigeria’s continued importation of petroleum products despite being one of the largest producers of crude oil in the world. The governor made the submission while speaking with journalists at Ewohimi, Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State, at the 10-year remembrance service …

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Edo Govt To Extend Ossiomo Power To Other Senatorial Districts

‘Ossiomo Power Company not owing for gas supply’ – Igiehon Edo State Government has concluded plans to extend the Ossiomo Power to other senatorial districts in the state, in a renewed effort by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to tackle the challenges of power supply and spur industrialization. The Managing Director, Ossiomo Power, Dr. Uwa Igiehon, who disclosed this in a …

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Oba Palace Calls For Halt To Planned Solidarity Gathering

Benin Traditional Council (BTC) has called for a halt to a planned solidarity gathering by the Coalition of Social cultural Organizations over the arrest and detention of the Secretary, Benin Traditional Council Frank Irabor and some chiefs in Benin Kingdom. The planned solidarity gathering had been slated for Monday September 5, 2022 at 7:am. A statement released by the Chief …

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‘Lagos LP Crisis May Nullify Obi’s Candidacy’

Factional chairman and governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Ifagbemi Awamaridi, has said attempts by some persons in the party to usurp his positions as the “bonafide chairman and governorship candidate of the party” can lead to the nullification of the presidential candidacy of Peter Obi. Awamaridi, who spoke with Saturday PUNCH in a telephone interview on …

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Alleged Targeted Killing Of Nigerians In Kenya: High Commission Refutes Report

Nigeria’s High Commission in Kenya has refuted an online media report alleging the targeting and killing of Nigerians in the East African country. In a statement issued in Nairobi on Saturday, a copy of which was received by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Commission described the story as a concoction replete with falsehood. It urged the public to …

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Media Practitioners Most Dehumanized In Nigeria – Gov Mohammed

Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, on Saturday said journalists and other media practitioners were the most dehumanised people in Nigeria. Mohammed stated this in Bauchi while presenting two new Toyota Hiece buses to the Government House Press Crew and the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state. According to him, media practitioners are always …

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Benue Leaders Vow To Resist Proposed Miyetti Allah Vigilante Group

Leaders of the three main socio-cultural organizations in Benue State, under the auspices of the Mdzough U Tiv, MUT, Ochetoha K’Idoma, OKI and Omi Ny’Igede, ONI, have vowed to resist the Miyetti Allah’s plot to create its vigilante group in the state. The leaders maintained that a group whose members had allegedly unleashed mayhem in Benue state leading to the …

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